Revised Pathway to Children’s Services – the next phase Children’s Trust Stakeholder Briefings 29 October November November 2012

Revision of Pathway to Provision What is changing –Early Years and Early Intervention and Targeted Support Service arrangements –New operating model for Children’s Social Care, including the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub –Revised pathway to reflect these changes What’s not changing –Thresholds for children’s social care –Levels of need (although list of services will be updated) –Referral arrangements for health services for children, young people and families –Pathway to universal services To be articulated in a revised Pathway to Provision, to be published in December 2012

THE NEW PATHWAY

Common Assessment Framework (CAF) The CAF team will provide support to practitioners completing a CAF They will confirm whether a CAF is already open and log new CAFs The team can be contacted on / or by A family CAF is currently being developed

Early Years and Early Intervention Universal and targeted service for families with children aged 0 – 12 who are in need of support Service offer of 58 children’s centres providing: –Children’s Centre Core Offer (0 – 5) –Enhanced Family Support Offer (0 – 12) – support co- ordinated by a key worker acting as lead professional and using the CAF to identify services that are required. This may include parenting programmes, 1:1 family support around parenting/behaviour/ emotional health and wellbeing –Gateway to a range of other services

Service Description and Access Routes Prioritisation will be given to vulnerable groups including: Teenage mothers and pregnant teenagers Lone parents Children in workless households Children in Black and Minority Ethnic groups Disabled children and children of disabled parents Fathers Other vulnerable groups in the Children’s Centre area How to access services: Referrals can be made directly to the family support lead attached to each Children’s Centre Cluster. Alternatively, from November there will be a single address for access to Early Years and Early Intervention Services coordinated by the CAF team. Referrals will be made by telephone, post or using a “Request for Services” form. EARLY YEARS AND EARLY INTERVENTION

EYEI LOCALITY MANAGERS Rachel ClarkMansfield Niki CoupeAshfield Tracie DoddBassetlaw Linda MottishawGedling Anne MurphyBroxtowe Mandy StratfordRushcliffe Diane TinklinNewark & Sherwood Jude BurgessPerformance, Quality and Commissioning

Targeted Support Service for Young People The Targeted Support Service is a consent based service for vulnerable young people aged It is a partnership managed by the local authority involving the police, health services, probation and not-for-profit and voluntary sector agencies. The Service brings together the following: –The Face-It substance misuse service –Those elements of the Connexions Service focused on vulnerable young people –The School Attendance Team –The Youth Inclusion Support Programme –Detached Youth Services –Young Carers –Elements of Supporting People The core service includes: –A key worker – someone to talk to and to coordinate all the services they need –A structured assessment (CAF) and a clear plan – which is not repetitive, is easy to understand and actively involves their views –Support for them and their family – to maximise the long term chances of a successful outcome

Eligibility Criteria and Access Routes Factors meaning young people may need targeted support include the following: Problems with attendance or behaviour at school Problems with drugs or alcohol Difficulties finding work, training or re-entering education having left school Being at risk of getting involved in anti-social behaviour and/or crime Going missing from home or school Being homeless, or at risk of homelessness Young carers Teenage parents How to access services: Referrals can be made by telephone, post or using the “Request for Services” form to the three duty points - South, North and West Schools and police local area commands have link workers who they meet regularly Professionals should use judgment when referring children aged 8-12 or sibling groups – TSS and EYEI will work together to ensure the most appropriate service involved TARGETED SUPPORT

Locality Team South (Broxtowe, Gedling, Rushcliffe) Phone: Fax: Locality Team West (Ashfield, Mansfield) Phone: Fax: Locality Team North (Bassetlaw, Newark and Sherwood) Phone: Fax: TARGETED SUPPORT CONTACTS

Joint Access Teams (JATs) JATs continue to provide the opportunity for a single, cross agency conversation about a child or young person with early intervention or targeted needs Referral arrangements for JATs remain the same The new Pathway document will list all JATs

List of Services Early Years and Early Intervention Targeted Support Service for young people Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Policy and Provision Children’s Disability Occupational Therapy Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Health services for children, young people and families Support After Adoption More comprehensive directory of services within Children, Families and Cultural Services will be published early 2013

MASH (Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub) From mid-December 2012, MASH will fully replace the existing duty points (R&A North, South and Children’s Disability Service) for receiving concerns that meet the threshold for children’s social care assessment: It will receive new safeguarding concerns about children and adults It will also receive requests for support for children who meet the threshold for children’s social care assessment Advice regarding safeguarding concerns will be available from qualified social workers Concerns can raised by telephone or by completing an online form. All telephone referrals should be followed up in writing Cases that do not meet threshold will be signposted If concerns meet the threshold for social care assessment, information from a range of partners will be collated and shared within the MASH (with consent where necessary), prior to the case being passed to the appropriate team within children’s social care All referrers will receive written feedback on the outcome of their concern

Children’s Social Care Assessment teams North and South Three week teams undertaking Section 47 enquiries and initial assessments through to Initial Child Protection Conference District Child Protection Teams Support to children living at home under child in need or child protection plans Through Care Service (for children looked after) Permanence team (children with an adoption plan) Court work team (children subject to care proceedings) LAC team (children living in fostering/residential care long-term) Leaving Care team Inclusive Children’s Disability Service Assessment, child in need, child protection, through care Residential care, home care Respite care Occupational therapy

Key Messages New arrangements for Targeted Support Service for Young People already in place New service offer for Early Years and Early Intervention in place. Single point of access will be in place from November Professionals to use judgment when referring children aged or sibling groups – TSS and EYEI will work together to ensure the most appropriate service is involved Family CAF in development

Key Messages (2) There are no changes to thresholds for Children’s Social Care. MASH will replace the existing duty points in R&A North, South and Children’s Disability Service MASH will receive new safeguarding concerns regarding children and adults It will also receive requests for support for children who meet the threshold for children’s social care assessment MASH will go fully live in mid-December: use the existing contact details until further notice All key documents including service request forms, CAF, Pathway to Provision, link to MASH form, will be published online at prior to MASH go-livewww.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/pathwaytoprovision

Table Discussion Do you have a good understanding of the new pathway to services? What are the implications for you as a practitioner/for you in your service? Are you clear about the core purpose of the MASH? Think about the children and families that you are working with and consider whether the pathway enables you to identify the route to access support for them.